The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell
Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Be Better.
In late 2016, our family embarked on an incredible journey to Kangaroo Island. For my wife, it was a homecoming, a return to her roots, plus to manage her honey business. For me, it was nothing short of a thrilling, grand adventure. Not only was I able to start a small successful business, I realised... Continue Reading →
A bunch of brainiacs did a bunch of studies to answer the age-old question: "How many steps do you gotta take to keep your ticker ticking and avoid kicking the bucket?" Here's the scoop, plain and simple: First off, those 10,000 steps you've heard about? Turns out, that was just a catchy marketing gimmick from... Continue Reading →
As many of your would know, I have a YouTube channel. I have been posting short videos almost as long as Casey Neistat! But when I got married and had kids, the regularly of them changed, and more recently I was not in a good position to do much more than one video a month.... Continue Reading →
In the last week of 2007 my dutiful wife handed me a short, straightforward to-do list prior to Christmas day. Of the multitude of things, she had highlighted the one thing I hesitate to go near → my BBQ! The neglected grill hadn't seen the light of day or had a proper cleaning since Sarah... Continue Reading →
In Parts One and Two, we talked about Writing My Book and Self-Publishing plus the importance of marketing. Now, we’re diving into the more traditional route of finding an agent to represent your work. It may seem like a straightforward list of steps, but let me warn you, it’s a process that can have you... Continue Reading →
In the first part of this series entitled "Writing My Book and Getting it Published", we explored the key steps to getting your book written and prepped for publication. Now, let’s take a look at the exciting world of self-publishing your book. As daunting as it may seem, self-publishing has a long history of success,... Continue Reading →
Writing and publishing a book has been on my mind for ages, and while I often tinker with my poetry or scribble ideas for the two books I’m working on, I haven’t quite finished them. So I spend a lot of my time searching for simple, effective ways to finally get my poetry out there.... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I create content which is a little obscure. This short video is about a mini-tripod that has been my favorite vlogging tool for about 2 years. It died earlier this week. Weirdly it was only a few hours after a friend told me about the SMOVE Smartphone Stablizer - which is basically a gimbal.... Continue Reading →
Definition of 'Cold Turkey' As a noun:The unpleasant symptoms caused by suddenly ceasing to take a drug to which one is addicted. "stopping the drug may result in cold turkey"As an adverb:In a sudden and abrupt manner. "I had to quit drinking cold turkey" I almost became an addict to YouTube gamers. It's nothing to... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 